CrossFit combines strength training, gymnastics and cardio in high-intensity sessions. This type of workout requires systematic preparation of the muscles, joints and nervous system, otherwise the risk of injury increases. Experts from districtcrossfit.com shared specific techniques that will reduce injuries and speed up your return to full fitness after an injury. Warm-up Warm-up is a…
After a 2024 season that was derailed numerous times by injury, news that Mitch Moses would miss round one of the 2025 season should come as a real concern to Parramatta Eels supporters. Moses is suffering from soreness around a surgically repaired foot injury he suffered last season. The injury was repaired using screws to…
Penrith, NSW and Australian fullback Dylan Edwards will undergo shoulder surgery that could see him miss the start of the 2025 NRL season. While the Penrith Panthers club is confident Edwards will be ready for round one, the Panthers will be starting the season early as the game will be part of “Round Zero” and…
South Sydney winger Alex Johnston suffered a rupture to his Achilles last night, an injury that will end his 2024 season and be hard to come back from, especially for a winger. Johnston has scored 195 tries in just 227 games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and at just 29 years of age he is…
In a terrible blow to the Cronulla Sharks, Nicho Hynes will undergo surgery and miss an estimated 8 weeks after suffering a complete complete syndesmosis rupture, plus a tibia fracture to his left ankle. The injury occurred during Cronulla Sharks training and comes on the back of a few rough weeks of football for Hynes,…
Dylan Edwards is out of State Of Origin one after a leg strain he picked up during training. James Tedesco has been called into the side as a replacement. Edwards is expected to miss anything from 1-6 weeks with the injury depending on the severity of it, which hasn’t actually been officially released by the…
Cronulla Sharks forward Dale Finucane has retired from Rugby League with immediate effect due to repeated concussions. Finucane played 251 games during his career in which he played for the Canterbury Bulldogs, the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks. He also played State Of Origin football for New South Wales in 5 games. Rugby League…
Nathan Cleary will be given another week on the sidelines by the Penrith Panthers as he recovers from a hamstring injury. The Panthers play the Wests Tigers in Bathurst this weekend, and it is shaping as a pretty interesting match up. The Wests Tigers, weirdly, have a decent record against the Penrith Panthers over their…
The Penrith Panthers find themselves in a very unique position as three time Premiers of the National Rugby League. They know they have a squad that can win the Grand Final, and their team is still fairly young compared to most NRL clubs. They have a side that will have to navigate having a number…
Terrible new for South Sydney halfback Lachlan Ilias with the club reporting that he has suffered a suspected fractured tibia while playing in the New South Wales Cup. Ilias was attempting a kick in general play during the match when a charge down attempt went wrong. Fox Sports expert Greg Alexander said he heard the…
When Ryan Papenhuyzen is healthy and in form, he is one of the most dangerous attacking players in the NRL. With an incredible combinations of speed and acceleration few can match, Papenhuyzen can not only carve up and opposition, he can take a game and just end it with blitzkrieg of football that is dazzling…
The Penrith Panthers loss to a Parramatta Eels team sputtering to the end of a disappointing season was, in itself, disappointing. Even accounting for the fact that the Panthers have been trying to cycle their regular starters out of the side in recent weeks to get players a week off here and there leading into…
The Parramatta Eels extremely slim chances of making the 2023 NRL Finals series have been dealt a major blow with halfback Mitchell Moses suspected up picking up a fractured eye socket in the clubs loss to the Brisbane Broncos. Moses picked up the injury trying to make a cover tackle late in the first half….
Latrell Mitchell has been forced to withdraw from the New South Wales team for State Of Origin one after suffering a calf injury. Stephen Crichton will m Ove into the starting side with Bulldogs half Matt Burton called into the New South Wales squad as 18th man. While Crichton is a very handy replacement, it…
A horrible scene last night in the Rabbitohs vs Roosters match saw South Sydney Fullback Latrell Mitchell hit Sydney Roosters star Joseph Manu in a head high tackle that resulted in Manu suffering a depressed facial fracture. This is the hit in question. HORRIBLE SCENES. 😳 Joseph Manu's season could be over, suffering a suspected…
Some bad news for Dragons supporters with confirmation that Ben Hunt suffered a fractured arm on the weekend and is expected to miss a month of football. The news comes just as the Dragons were set to welcome back a humber of players who had been suspended for the most expensive BBQ in Rugby League…
In some really horrible news Sydney Morning Herald reporter Sam Phillips is reporting that South Sydney Rabbitohs fullback Latrell Mitchell will miss “four to five MONTHS” with a ruptured tendon. BREAKING 🚨 Scans on Latrell Mitchell’s injured hamstring are in. The star fullback will be out for four to five MONTHS after rupturing a tendon…
Young Parramatta Eels star Dylan Brown has seen his season knocked for six after suffering an ankle injury in the clubs 38-0 thrashing at the hands of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Brown guts it out and finished the game well considering the injury he was carrying. His loss will be a big one for the…
South Sydney Rabbitohs centre James Roberts looks set to miss up to three months with a pectoral injury suffered in the Rabbitohs loss to the Newcastle Knights on the weekend. Bad news for the Rabbitohs, with James Roberts expected to miss 10-12 weeks with a pectoral injury suffered on Saturday. Typical pec tear injury mechanism,…
The Brisbane Broncos season went from bad to worse last night as they suffered a 48-0 thrashing at the hands of the Wests Tigers in Sydney. Worst still, Broncos winder Corey Oates suffered a compound fracture of his femur in an innocuous tackle. Incredibly, Oates stood to his feet before looking down to see the…
There was good and bad news for the Canterbury Bulldogs today with the announcement that Dallin Watene-Zelezniak has re-signed with the club through to the end of the 2022 season, while Kieran Foran could sadly miss the entire 2020 season. The news of Foran looks grim with the halfback set for exploratory surge on his…
On the Fergo and The Freak NRL podcast the boys were joined by Dr Alan Pearce, a Neurophysiologists and Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Alan is the Research Manager at the Australian Sports Brain Bank Victoria. They did two podcasts covering concussion, head trauma, CTE and brain injury in professional sport including…
Gaining a medical retirement, and therefore salary cap relief for an NRL club, use to be a very long, drawn out, and difficult process. However, in 2019 we have seen Greg Inglis, Sam Burgess, Matt Gillett and Ben Matulino all gain medical retirements, with more said to be on the way. So, do you think…
In this episode we talk to Dr Alan Pearce who is a Neurophysiologists and Associate Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Alan is the Research Manager at the Australian Sports Brain Bank Victoria. In this episode we talk to Alan about his appearance on the SBS Insight program about concussion in sport. We go in depth…
2019 has seen a dramatic spike in interest surrounding player welfare, especially in the area of concussions. We recently learnt that Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, was discovered in the brains of two former NRL players. Currently the only way to know if a player has CTE, sadly, is via an autopsy. This is of…
In this episode we talking to Brien Seeney who runs the NRL Physio twitter account. We discuss NRL injury rates, the treatment of injuries from the past to the modern day, concussion, player equipment, how to deal with injured players on the field during a match and much, much more! Follow Brien on Twitter at…
News that former Newcastle Knights winger James McManus is set to sue the Newcastle Knights over a career ending series of concussions was met very harshly by the NRL community. Straight away, with very little evidence at all being made public, many came to the conclusion that McManus was doing the wrong thing. You also…
As a huge James Tedesco fan I was really saddened to see him injured on the weekend. He is such an exciting player to watch and to see him taken from the field with a broken jaw was terrible. A broken jaw is one of those extra rotten injuries. Players that have suffered a broken…
An MMA fight in Poland last weekend ended is a gruesome way when Dominik Ozlislo badly broke his arm as he tried to defend the takedown. Check it out: There is no word on how he is recovering after the injury. Lets hope he bounced back quickly and has no long term effects.
The Parramatta Eels have scored an impressive 20-16 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in a tough, exciting game of football. The Eels didn’t play too badly in round one but looked lost without Kieran Foran. His return in round two provided the Eels with a much needed field general on the park, and that…